{"product_id":"in-search-of-small-gods-jim-harrison-paperback","title":"In Search of Small Gods -- Jim Harrison, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Funny and tender beneath a wry and gruff seen-it-all veneer, Harrison contemplates death, discerns divinity in every stone and leaf, and nobility in ordinary lives, and laughs at our attempts to separate ourselves from the rest of nature.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"His poems succeed on the basis of an open heart and a still-ravenous appetite for life.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Texas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback, Jim Harrison's best-selling poetry book \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Small Gods\u003c\/i\u003e is where birds and humans converse, autobiographies are fluid, and unknown gods flutter just out of sight. In terrains real and imagined--from remote canyons and anonymous thickets in the American West to secret basements in World War II Europe--Harrison calls upon readers to live fully in a world where \"Death steals everything except our stories.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaybe the problem is that I got involved with the wrong crowd of\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\ngods when I was seven. At first they weren't harmful and only showed\n\nthemselves as fish, birds, especially herons and loons, turtles, a bobcat\n\nand a small bear, but not deer and rabbits who only offered themselves\n\nas food. And maybe I spent too much time inside the water of\n\nlakes and rivers. Underwater seemed like the safest church I could\n\ngo to . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e is one of America's most versatile and celebrated writers. He is the author of over thirty books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eLegends of the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDalva\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been translated into two dozen languages. He lives in Arizona and Montana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jim Harrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\/17\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.9\" H x 5.9\" L x 0.3\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781556593192\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52632582488363,"sku":"9781556593192","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781556593192.jpg?v=1776478420","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/in-search-of-small-gods-jim-harrison-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}